CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD EPYC 9654

CORE STATE Genoa

CORE SPECS 96 Cores / 192 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 3.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 384 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 360W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 4

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

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Intel

INTEL

Xeon 636

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.5 Base / 4.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 48 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 170W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

10,248

3,805

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

1,446

537

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

42,703

15,857

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

6,028

2,238

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

101,675

37,757

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

14,354

5,330

passmark_data_compression

N/A

550,395

passmark_data_encryption

N/A

27,193

passmark_extended_instructions

N/A

43,282

passmark_find_prime_numbers

N/A

255

passmark_floating_point_math

N/A

107,826

passmark_integer_math

N/A

138,281

passmark_multithread

N/A

44,421

passmark_physics

N/A

3,645

passmark_random_string_sorting

N/A

54,420

passmark_single_thread

N/A

3,937

passmark_singlethread

N/A

3,937

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

EPYC 9654

636

Core Specs

Cores

96

12 -87.5%

Threads

192

24 -87.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

3.5 +45.8%

Boost Clock (GHz)

3.7

4.7 +27.0%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

3.5 +45.8%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

3.7

4.7 +27.0%

Multiplier

24

35 +45.8%

SMP CPUs

2

1 -50.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

384 MB (shared)

48 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

360

170 -52.8%

Configurable TDP

320-400 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 4

Granite Rapids

Codename

Genoa

Granite Rapids

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Process Size

5 nm

5 nm

Transistors

78,840 million

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Die Size

12x 72 mm²

598 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Twelve-channel

Quad-channel

Memory Bandwidth

460.8 GB/s

204.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

Intel Socket 4710

Chipsets

—

W890

PCIe

Gen 5, 128 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 80 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

10 nm

Interconnect

CXL

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Gen 2.0 (Shared with PCI-E)

Other

Market

Server/Workstation

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$11805

$639

Part Number

100-100000789

SA2DM

Package

FC-LGA6096

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

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101°C

Bundled Cooler

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None

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